Bottle-stopper.



J. H. SMITH. y BOTTLE sToTPEE.

I APPLIOATION FILED FEB. 8, Y1908. 900,223.` Patena ocu. 6, 1908.

\X/|TL\IEA55ES.. IVIENTIDRQ www ' UNITED N STATES PATENT oEEioE.

JAMES H. SMITH, OF PORTLAND, MAINE.

Eo'r'rLE-STOPPER.V

Spcification ofLetters Patent.

Patented Oct. 6,' 1908.

\ i Application led February 8, 1908. Serial No. 414,892'.

` l To all whom it may concern:V

Be it known that I, J AMES II.,SM1TH, a citizen of the United States,and resident of Portland, county of Cumberland, State of Maine, haveinvented new and useful Im-` provements 1n Bottle-Stoppers, of which thefollowing is a specification. v

This invention has for its object to provide a bottle with a stopperwhich will open and close the bottle-automatically by tipping orrighting the bottle. v Y

In the drawings herewith accompanying and making part of thisapplication, Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view-of a bottle with myimproved device shown partly in elevation therein, the dotted linesshowing the position of the stopper when the bottle is' tipped; Fig. 2isa plan view ofthe blankr from which the detent is made; Fig.` 3 .is atransverse sectional view of Fig..1 taken'on lineX-X. H

Same letters of reference refer to like parts.- The stopper A isprovided with an attenuated stem B. Mounted on said stem is a detenthaving flexible spring arms C and being provided with a hole D throughwhich loosely passes the stem of the stopper. The arms or prongs C arebent so that when forced into the neck of a bottle E theypress laterallyagainst the interior wall of the neck of the bottle and remain infrictionalengagement therewith. The stem is provided with shoulders Fand G, oneabo-ve the detent and the other G below, shoulder Gbeing'removableV to permit the stem to be inserted in the hole D 1n thedetent.

To place my stopper in position the stopper and detent are assembled byfirst removing the shoulder G, inserting the stem of the stopper throughthe hole D in the detent and.

then replacing the shoulderG. i The stopper and detent are then insertedin the neck of the bottle, the shoulder F pushing the detent down untilthe stopper seats itself `as shownv in Fi 1. The arms C on the detentbeing fleXib e are bent as it passes into the neck of the bottle andthus hold `the detent stationary infrictional4 engagement with the neckof the bottle, while the stopper is free to move outwardly to thepositionshown in dotted lines touncork the bottle, its outward movementbeing limited by the lower shoulder of the stem.

My invention is not to be restricted to the precise forms shown sincethe form of the detent and the means for limiting its movement may bevaried provided only that the detent .I 'stemprovided with a shoulderintermediate its ends and a cap on its lower end, in combination with adetent mounted on said stem and provided with liexible upwardlyextending arms adapted to have frictional engagement with the walls ofthe neck of a bottle, said detentbeing adapted to be forced into Jheneck of the bottle by means'of said shoul- In testimony whereof, I havesigned my name to this specification in presence of two subscribingwitnesses this 5th day of February, 1908.

JAMES H. SMITH.

Y In presence (if- ELMER H. WATERHoUsE, ELGIN M. VERRILL.

